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I'm curious, for the lack of details, how they are going to do this... Way back when I got my Dish HD setup, they added a second dish for the 61.5 location... which is where Voom is now... so IF they add (or would that be keep) the new channels there, I'm set...

but new installs of Dish, may or may not be putting up a 61.5 dish for you unless you specifically ask/pay for it, since as of today there essentially isn't any programming on 61.5 after they moved most of the HD off to other satellites.

For ex-Voomers in particular, I think it would help you to know what the Dish plans are to make sure you do have a dish pointed in the right place on your installation date.

They have the channels at 61.5 and will mirror them to 148 for those on the west coast. It will be in MPEG-2 and I am thinking that the rest of the HD VoOm channels that they will add by next year will be in MPEG-4. This is probably the beginning of regular HD channel additions that we can expect to see. This is something that we can have until they go to MPEG-4 later.

Just called Dishnetwork to find out what the deal was
and was told that i did not qualify as I had cancelled
my Dish account a year ago (actually exactly a year,
April 2004) and was considered an "existing customer"

I'm was dumbfounded, do they want my business or not??
Going to check out Comcast and DirecTV .............

They have the channels at 61.5 and will mirror them to 148 for those on the west coast. It will be in MPEG-2 and I am thinking that the rest of the HD VoOm channels that they will add by next year will be in MPEG-4. This is probably the beginning of regular HD channel additions that we can expect to see. This is something that we can have until they go to MPEG-4 later.

If you want the "VOOM 10" today you have to be pointed at 61.5. All else is speculation. The VOOM Originals are being transmitted via Rainbow-1 @61.5 and are receivable on E* HD IRD'd only. SO if you never had a High Def. E* IRD before you made the switch to VOOM, you would need a 6000, 811, 921 or 942 before you can see these channels.

Your VOOM dish pointing at 61.5 will only work with E* gear if the rest of your E* LNB's and switches are LEGACY. If you have DP or DPP you will have to get a DP LNB for 61.5.